Understanding versions of apps in cygwin suite
Christopher Faylor
cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Sat Dec 3 19:48:00 GMT 2011
On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 07:33:29PM +0000, Andrew Hancock wrote:
>Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please <at> cygwin.com> writes:
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 03:26:38PM +0000, Andrew Hancock wrote:
>>>
>>>Thanks, Marco. I posted on another thread asking whether it was
>>>wise to update Octave without updating the cygwin DLL. Updating the
>>>cygwin DLL using Setup is actually downgrading, since I currently
>>>use a snapshot of the cygwin DLL to get around a problem with
>>>creating files/folders on a network drive (unrelated to Octave).
>>
>> I don't see how setup.exe could downgrade cygwin1.dll if you have
>> previously installed Cygwin 1.7.9. setup.exe relies on package
>> metadata to determine when to replace a package and you don't touch
>> that when you download a snapshot and copy it to the correct
>> location.
>
>Hmm. I am obviously confused. I think I just lost track of what I
>was doing, because I was trying to not only set up cygwin on one
>computer, but also install it another computer from CD. Thanks for
>clearing that up.
>
>In general, is it risking compatibility problems by updating packages
>via setup.exe when you are using a snapshot?
No.
cgf
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